58 N Virginia St
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

National Register of Historic Places - John C. and Mary Landenberger House

Statement of Significant:

The John C. and Mary Landenberger House, built in 1914-1915, is a 2'/2-story Colonial Revival-style residence. The house is significant under Criteria A and C for its association with the early development of the Federal Heights subdivision. In the decade between 1907 and 1917. the developers of the subdivision were actively engaged in improving and marketing lots in what became one of Salt Lake City's most successful early twentieth-century residential neighborhoods. The first owners of the house. Dr. John C. and Mary Landenberger. lived there over three decades and were prominent members of the community. The house is also architecturally significant under Criterion C as the first pure example of the Colonial Revival style built in Federal Heights, and has all of the characteristics of the style (e.g. facade symmetry, fanlights, sidelights, multilight sashes and classical pediments), plus a number of additional architectural details such as quoins, a dentillated cornice, fluted columns, and a one-story side wing. These elements of the Colonial Revival style are fully executed in the Landenberger House, and similar residences were rare in Salt Lake City until the 1930s. The Landenberger House has had only minor alterations and is a contributing resource in Salt Lake City's Federal Heights neighborhood.